Stock market news live updates: Tech stocks lead indexes higher following Fed decision: S&P 500 gains 1.6%

Stocks ended sharply higher Wednesday afternoon as investors mulled the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy decision of 2021, which came against a backdrop of persistent inflationary pressures.  The S&P 500…

Stock futures extend declines after sell-off in tech shares

Stock futures headed for a lower open Friday morning after a rout in technology stocks during Thursday’s regular trading day, as investors turned away from growth stocks in anticipation of…

Opinion: Here’s the best way to spot stock-market winners, according to this 25-year tech analyst

High-growth tech stocks seem particularly volatile these days, driven high and low by rising and receding fears related to interest-rate rises and COVID waves. It’s enough to make the average…

Dow slides but tech stocks outperform as Europe’s COVID struggles rattle markets

Stocks ended Friday’s session weighed by growing concerns over nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe that raised fears about new restrictions beyond the continent, which pressured blue chip stocks, oil and…

Nasdaq Composite jumps 1.3% in best day since August as tech stocks recover losses

Stocks advanced on Tuesday as technology stocks recouped some losses from Monday, when a rotation away from growth names picked up steam as concerns over inflation lingered.  The Nasdaq Composite…

This nearly $40 billion tech company has unleashed a secret weapon to attract workers

Zscaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry tells Yahoo Finance Live he has been able to hire one-third of his company’s 3,153 workers during the super competitive environment for talent this…

Crypto companies tempt top talent away from Big Tech to build ‘Web3’

YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp apps displayed on a smartphone. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images Executives at tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon are quitting to take…

Young crypto investors, tech entrepreneurs fuel yacht industry boom

It’s not your grandfather’s yacht anymore. Uber-rich young people are flocking to buy luxury boats for space on the high seas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yacht seller Fraser sold $1.6…

Tech stocks lead slump on Wall Street

Wall Street’s key benchmarks faltered on Thursday, capping back-to-back sessions of gains on the heels of a slew of strong tech earnings, as sentiment waned following dismal results from Facebook…

Nasdaq sinks by 1.2%, entering correction as tech rout extends

Stocks ended a volatile session sharply lower on Wednesday, as investors nervously eyed soaring bond yields and mixed earnings results from some major index components. [Click here to read what’s…